Year: 2017

Every time something like the Las Vegas shooting happens, the question is asked, “Why do people do these things?” Because of my profession, I get asked that a lot. But no matter how many times I answer, or how many times I refer people to the best and definitive work on the subject, “Inside the Criminal

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a challenge Monday to Washington’s voter-approved background check law for person-to-person gun transfers. The lawsuit challenges provisions of Initiative 594 which voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014. Specifically, the plaintiffs argue that the background check requirement fails to exempt certain temporary, non-commercial gun transfers

Are you 100% sure you know all of the new rules and regulations that your state has passed since you got your concealed carry permit? Like, reaaallllly sure?  Did you hear about the new rules that went in to effect last week/month/year? Since I took my training course, Minnesota stopped accepting my Wisconsin and Utah Non-resident permits.  This

Do movies ever get guns right? Guns and movies have an odd relationship.  Sometimes gun fights are portrayed realistically. But 9 times out of 10 the portrayal of firearms is often quite humorous (and entertaining) for those in the know. So who does it right? I always get a little giddy when a movie gets

In July, a D.C. Circuit panel held, by a 2-1 vote, that the Second Amendment secures a right to carry guns in public. This leaves considerable room for “shall-issue” licensing requirements (under which pretty much any law-abiding adult can get a license but might have to undergo various checks, training and the like) and other

As Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was welcomed back to Congress on September 28, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pointed to the attack–in which a progressive shot Scalise–and argued that suppressors ought not be deregulated. It must be noted that a suppressor was not used when the attacker opened fire in Congressional baseball players on June

Legislation to fix the cumbersome patchwork of concealed carry laws in the U.S. has gained momentum with the addition of a 212th co-sponsor in the House of Representatives. The legislation–H.R. 38–was put forward by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) on January 3, 2017. Breitbart News reported that it will make the concealed carry permit of any one state

A 2013 gallop poll revealed that 60% of people who purchase a firearm do so for defensive or “personal safety” reasons. When these gun owners search the internet, they don’t have to go far to find some great instruction on how to get started in the defensive pistol crafts. There are hundreds of excellent articles written on

Welcome back to our Shooting 101 series! So far we’ve covered the absolute basics of how to use revolversand semi-automatic pistols and now we’re moving on to the most popular rifle in America: the AR-15. Today we’re going to look at how to load, unload, and fire an AR-style rifle. A ton of people have purchased ARs in the